Even balance weight or even something else, that's thequestion.

[Phillip Ford]

FWIW.  The number is 32.2 fps^2 (9.8 m/s^2) at the earth's surface.

http://www.tcaep.co.uk/science/constant/detail/gravityaccelerationdueto.htm

Gravitationally,

Phil F

At 08:55 AM 4/22/03 , you wrote:

>>Inertia takes over when a body is accelerated faster than gravity (16 ft 

>>per second squared?).
>
>The 16fps^2 is right for acceleration by earth's gravity field at sea 
>level, but inertia works the same at any speed, and by any means or rate 
>of acceleration (+-).
>
>For what it's worth.
>
>Ron N